The Uttar Pradesh government and Indian Oil Corporation today signed a memorandum of understanding to expedite city gas projects and promote distribution of natural gas in the state.
As a part of the MoU, it has been decided that a joint team would be constituted which would take necessary steps for speedy implementation of city gas project in Allahabad and other cities.
In addition to this action plan for suitable schemes to promote natural gas in the state would also be prepared.
Principal Secretary industrial development Sanjiv Saran said that under the MoU a plan would be chalked out to promote distribution of natural gas and infrastructure jointly by the state government and IOC.
He said that under the plan new pipelines of city gas project and CNG stations would be set up.
